Challenge I: The Scavenger Hunt

SCAVENGER HUNT

CHALLENGE I

Search the Internet and supply the following facts and information. Write your answers in the table below.

NUGGETS	ANSWER	LOCATION	VALUE: Sources/Author/Date Published/Sponsor/Copyright	Search Engine	Search Technique
1. Sometime in 1991, a chief scientist at the NIIT, named, started an experiment hole in a wall.	Dr. Sugata Mitra	www.hole-in-the-wall.com › Beginnings	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	Google	Pseudo-Boolean Logic + Phrase Searching
2. What does NIIT stand for?	National Institute of Information Technology	India	https://www.acronymfinder.com/National-Institute-of-Information-Technology-(India)-(NIIT).html	Google	Phrase Searching
3. It was implemented at a slum area in New Delhi.	Hole in the Wall Education Project – HiWEP  (Minimally Invasive Education)	www.hole-in-the-wall.com › About HiWEL	©Hole-in-the-Wall Education Project 2016	Google	Phrase Searching
4. His team carved a hole in the wall that separated NIIT campuses from slum areas. Why did they carve hole in the wall?	So that a freely accessible computer was put up for use.	www.hole-in-the-wall.com › Beginnings	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	Google	Pseudo-Boolean Logic
5. What was the significant finding of the experiment?	proved to be an instant hit among the slum dwellers, especially the children. It increased the performance level of the students, including the dropouts. The government and people also like this implementation.	www.hole-in-the-wall.com › Beginnings	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	Google	Phrase Searching
6. What could be the implications of this finding to existing teaching practices especially those that are related with the use of ICT in learning?				Google